Samoa Tau­tua and HRPP MPs to Play Role of Op­po­si­tion

It ap­pears un­likely the Samoa op­po­si­tion Tau­tua party will be recog­nised within par­lia­ment, with the Prime Min­is­ter in­struct­ing some of his own MPs to play the role of op­pos­ing the govern­ment. Un­der the cur­rent stand­ing or­ders a political party must have eight MPs in or­der to be recog­nised.